426 NOCTUID^. 



*262o. Dasypolia? gerMUus. 



Dasypolia gerhillus, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. E.oss. xxvi. p. 451 (1892) ; id* 

 Eom. Mem. ix. p. 21, pi. o. f. 6 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 181. 



5 . Grey tinged with yellowish. Fore wing with the subbasal 

 line dark, from costa to submedian fold, antemedial line angled 

 outwards below costa, then oblique, waved; elaviform absent; 

 orbicular and reniform whitish defined by fuscous, the former 

 •elongate elliptical ; medial line oblique from costa to lower angle of 

 cell, then waved ; postmedial line bent outwards below costa, then 

 minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; subterminal 

 line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle, a dark 

 terminal line. Hind wing grey with slight discoidal point, sinuous 

 postmedial line, and diffused subterminal band ; the underside 

 yellowish grey with dark discoidal lunula. 



Hah. Tibet, Nan Schan Mts, Exp. 31 millim. This species is 

 xmknown to me. 



Genus DASYTHORAX. 



Type. 

 Dasytlioracc, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 38 jwliana. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi upturned, reaching vertex of head, fringed 

 with long hair in front, the 3rd joint minute; frons smooth; eyes large, 

 rounded ; antenuse of male ciliated ; head and thorax clothed with long rough 

 hair and without crests ; abdomen with rough hair at base but without crests. 

 Fore wing with the apex rounded, the termen strongly curved ; veins 3 and 5 

 from close to angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 

 8 to form the areole; 11 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of 

 cell or shortly stalked ; 5 obsolescent from just below middle of discocellulars; 

 ■6, 7 stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. 



A. Fore wing with the postmedial line incurved and dentate below 



vein 4. 



a. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform defined by brown. poUana. 



b. Fore wing with the orbicular and reniform obsolete anartina. 



B. Fore wing with the postmedial line bent inwards below vein 4 



to below the cell, not dentate. 

 a. Fore wing with the orbicular represented by a black point, 



the reniform by a small spot hirsutula. 



h. Fore wing with the orbicular absent, the reniform an obscure 

 lunule. 

 a}. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved, not angled 



inwards in discal fold hirsuta. 



b^. Fore wing with the postmedial line more or less angled 

 inwards in discal fold. 

 «^. Fore wing with the postmedial line excurved at vein 1. rasilis. 

 h^. Foi-e wing with the postmedial line not excurved at 



vein 1 glebicolor. 



C Fore wing with the postmedial line oblique below vein 4, not 



dentate daishi, 



*2626. Dasythorax poliana. (Plate CYI. fig. 4.) 



Da&ytliorax polianus, Staud. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 38; id. Cat. Lep. 

 pal. p. 180. 



S . Head and thorax olive-grey mixed with some brownish ; 

 sides of palpi and frous blackish ; tarsi black with pale rings. 



